SRE Lead for DevOps Full-time Job

We are looking for an SRE lead, to manage our DevOps production services and lead efficiency, reliability and automation initiatives. This role would manage a Toronto based team to deliver DevOp services for application teams across Capital Markets. The role requires an open minded individual who is not afraid to fail fast and pivot when needed. An individual who seeks out gaps and challenges to drive efficiency not only for other application teams but also for their own team. Knowledge sharing is key in this respect. As a Lead, you will participate in transforming DevOps for Capital Markets. This role will work close with ‘client’ application development teams and ‘partner’ DevOps, Compute, Data engineering teams, within Capital Markets and across the broader Enterprise

 

 

What is the opportunity?

We are looking for an SRE lead, to manage our DevOps production services and lead efficiency, reliability and automation initiatives. This role would manage a Toronto based team to deliver DevOp services for application teams across Capital Markets. The role requires an open minded individual who is not afraid to fail fast and pivot when needed. An individual who seeks out gaps and challenges to drive efficiency not only for other application teams but also for their own team. Knowledge sharing is key in this respect. As a Lead, you will participate in transforming DevOps for Capital Markets. This role will work close with ‘client’ application development teams and ‘partner’ DevOps, Compute, Data engineering teams, within Capital Markets and across the broader Enterprise.

 

What will you do?

• Manage the Production DevOps services

• Drive alignment with, and improvement of, broader Enterprise services

• Manage a team of ~3 SRE

• Apply SRE techniques to DevOps

• Demonstrate SRE as a concept for broader Capital Markets

• Lead hands-on automation and elimination of manual toil

• Track Production and SRE KPIs

• Be a stakeholder in Capital Markets DevOps roadmap development

• Coach application teams on how to leverage DevOps offerings and help drive productivity gains

• Champion developer-experience and development best practise

• Partner on or lead new tool adoption. Recommend improvements to process

• Evolve DevOps services beyond current state for application teams

• Become part of the DevOps leadership team

 

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• An engineer mindset and experience with production class delivery

• Strong analytical mindset and good communication skills

• Strong sense of ownership / drive

• Expert in SRE approach

• Hands-on experience with DevOps CICD tools e.g. GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, UrbanCodeDeploy

• Hands-on Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes

• Hands-on Experience with Agile methodologies, e.g. Scrum, Kanban

 

Nice-to-have

• Experience with ElasticSearch and Kibana

• Experience with a public cloud technology, i.e. Azure, AWS

• Experience building or supporting distributed applications

 

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• Opportunities to do challenging work

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

 

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Job Skills

Automation Technology, DevOps, Docker (Software), ElasticSearch, GitHub, Jenkins (Software), Kubernetes, Production Services, Programming Languages, Site Reliability Engineering, Software Change Request Management, Software Engineering, Software Integration Engineering, Software Product Design, Software Product Technical Knowledge, Software Release Management, System Testing Tools

 

 

 

Additional Job Details

120 WESTERN PKY:BEDFORD

BEDFORD

Canada

37.5

Full time

Capital Markets

Regular

Salaried

2024-02-25

2024-03-15

Royal Bank of Canada is a Canadian multinational financial services company and the largest bank in Canada by market capitalization. The bank serves over 20 million clients and has more than 100,000 employees worldwide.